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 * Copyright (C) 2005 Red Hat, Inc.
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package com.netscape.management.client.security.csr;

/**
* Miscellaneous security methods.
*/
public interface ISecurityUtil
{
    /**
    * Signs the message using the server's certificate.
    * 
    * @return string    signed message
    */
    public String signMessage(String msg);

    /**
    * Retrieves a secure network socket.
    * TODO: figure out parameters
    * 
    * @return Socket    SSL Socket
    */
    //public Socket getSecureSocket(...);

}
